Zombies, vampires, and philosophy : new life for the undead
2010
Book
"A collection of philosophical essays about the undead: beings such as vampires and zombies who are physically or mentally dead yet not at rest. Topics addressed include the metaphysics and ethics of undeath"--Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Zombies, vampires, and philosophy : new life for the undead / edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad.
Imprint:
Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, c2010.
Collation:
xii, 303 p. ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Enlarged edition of Volume 22, The undead and philosophy: Chicken soup for the soulless.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt. 1. It's alive (sort of) -- 1. The badness of undeath / Richard Greene -- 2. Res corporealis : persons, bodies, and zombies / William S. Larkin -- 3. "She's not your mother anymore, she's a zombie!" : zombies, value, and personal identity / Hamish Thompson -- 4. Dead serious : evil and the ontology of the undead / Manuel Vargas -- 5. Zombies, Blade runner, and the mind-body problem / Larry Hauser -- pt. 2. Undead white males -- 6. Heidegger the vampire slayer : the undead and fundamental ontology / Adam Barrows -- 7. When there's no more room in hell, the dead will shop the earth : Romero and Aristotle on zombies, happiness, and consumption / Matthew Walker -- 8. Zombies, rest and motion : spinoza and the speed of undeath / K. Silem Mohammad -- pt. 3. Dirty rotting scoundrels -- 9. Zombie gladiators / Dale Jacquette -- 10. Should vampires be held accountable for their bloodthirsty behavior? / John Draeger -- 11. The bloody connection between vampires and vegetarians / Wayne Yuen -- 12. Damned if you do, damned if you don't : vampires and the hedonistic paradox / Robert Arp -- 13. Deserving to be a vampire : the ethical and existential elements of vampirism / Ted M. Preston -- pt. 4. Digging up the body politic -- 14. The political economy of non-coercive vampire lifestyles / Douglas Glen Whitman -- 15. Rousseau and the vampires : toward a political philosophy of the undead / Phillip Cole -- 16. The undead martyr : sex, death, and revolution in George Romero's zombie films / Simon Clark -- 17. When they aren't eating us, they bring us together : zombies and the American social contract / Leah A. Murray -- pt. 5. Leaving a good-looking corpse -- 18. The fear of fear itself : the philosophy of Halloween / Noël Carroll -- 19. "Powerful, beautiful, and without regret" : femininity, masculinity, and the vampire aesthetic / Joan Grassbaugh Forry -- 20. True and untrue blood / Rachel Robison -- 21. The twilight of infinite desire / Randall E. Auxier and Eileen Townsend.
ISBN:
9780812696837 (trade paper alk paper)0812696832 (trade paper alk paper)
Dewey class:
133.423
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
252603